Collar support



J.A B. FITZPATRICK.

COLLAR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED' APR. a. 19-21.

1,412,028. f 'Patented Apr; 4, 1922h Unirse Ystains JCI-IN B. FITZPATRICK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y..

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Be-it known that I, JOHN Fr'rzra'rnioii, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, borough of Manhattam'in the county and State of New York, have inand,more particularly, collars @of the soft vfold over variety.- The most common, of

these expediente embodies -stifiening' members, either permanently or detachably associted with the fold over portiono'f the collar, either by positioning rigid members between the plies of the fold over portion or by forining pockets Vinto which rigid members lare adapted to be removably inserted.' It has also beenv suggested to stiffen'the neck lband of the collar by incorporating therein rigid members, but none ofthe prior devices, so far as I am aware, satisfactorily u'lills the requirements for the reason that the supporting and stiiiening means vnds insuilicient support in the collar construction, so that even. though the stifening-means is capable of `distending the .portion of thev collar with which it is associated, the collar. droops bodily 'and becomes unattractive Vin appearance.

vfit-h these considera-tions in mind, ythe present invention aims to supporta collar from the ,shirt stud, so that arm and fixed support maybelprovided, which will preclude' bodily sagging of the collar, while, in

.the case ofsoft'collars, .the comfort inherent f in the pliancy'oi such collars ispreserved.

'The invention may partake of various forms, but in all of these forms, the underlying' principle remains the saine. That is to say, means is provided for engaging or gripping the'A shank of the collar button and with this means isassociat'ed wings y'or upstanding supporting members, which engage withwthe fold at'the upper. portion of the collar, andA Serve to maintain the collar in dis-V tended condition. i Y

Features of the invention, other than those Specification of Letters Patent. :atfnte'd' Apr. Application filed 'April 8, v

i921. serial No. 459,685.

specified, will be apparent from vthe hereinafter .detailed description and claims, when read -in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 1

'The v accompanying drawings `illust-rate diiferent practical embodiments of the present invention, but the constructions .therein shown are to be understood as illustrative,

Y only, and not as defining the limitsv of the invention.V l

Figure l` shows the-preferred forni of collar support of the presentinvention. Figure 2 is a side elevation of the struction shown in Figure l.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail of construccon . tionentering into the device of Figure l.

f Figure 4 is a plan view ofthe detail shown Y in Figure 8.

Figure 5 illustrates a slightly modified form of the invention associated with al collar. I A

Figure 6v is a fragmentary showing oli' a further modied form of the invention. I i Figure 7 illustrates anotherioim offthe invention; y,

Figure 7 is an edge view tion shown in Figure 7 and 4 Figure 8 shows the' simplest for-m oi which the invention `may partake.

Referring first to the construction as of the construcshown in Figures l to 4, inclusive, 1 designates a standard which maybe conveniently formed in a casting of substantially inverted Y-shape. The legs of the standard are spaced apart to permit the standard to Vstraddlethe shank of a collar button and 1in the intervening lspace a w'ireclip'or yoke 2 is mounted for pivotal movement. `vThe fyoke' v- 2 is pre'fe'rablyfformed of spriii'g wire wherebyit is adapted' tobe forced down over the shank oi'fthe collarbutton land firmly grip the saine-for ythepurpose of mounting the standard upon thebutton."{ y V` i Thev ystandardispre'ierably offI set asshown in Figure 2 and is v'providedf'at"its top. with .a pocket 5 adapted to receive the shanki ofv a wire loop l5. l Inl practice, this wireloop may be formed of ais'ingle piece ofwirehent-nto the desired shape' andl provided 'at its end with Shanks 4L which seat in" the pocket 3 and are locked Vin place' therein bya set screw 6:,

whichV threads 'into the Sta-nana andV bears shown in Figures '1 and 2. yWhen a single .wire is usedfor the formation of the loop 5,

it is adapted to be bent as occasion may 'require into such shape as to adapt it to properly fit between the neck band and the fold over portionsofthe collar and engage with the fold at the joining of the two parts, in such manner as to snugly fit into said fold for the purpose of properly supporting the collar in upstanding position. However, as shown in Figures l to 4, the loop 5 is formed in two parts, which are joined together by a set screw 7. Figures 3 and i clearly illustrate the manner in which the binding of the wire sections is accomplished and from these views, it will be understood that the end of one wire section is bifurcated at 8 to receive a reduced portion 9 formed on the end of the other wire section. The screw 7 threads through the bifurcated end of the first tion and serves to tightly clamp the reduced end of the other section in place. :in practice, the coacting surfaces of the two sections may be serrated, so that when the-.parts are clamped together, pivotal movement. of the section provided with a reduced end upon the screw 7 will be precluded.

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lllhen the loop 5 is formed in twosectionsVK with the ends secured together as described, the set screw 7 may be loosened to'permit of adjustment between they sections in such manner as to bring thepupper portion of the loop into substantially the same configuration as the fold of the collar, with which said portion of the loop is intended for co'- operation, so that when the device is associated with the collar, the collar is vnot forced out of shape, but it will be supported in a perfectly natural manner.

When a device constructed as described is associated witha collar with the yoke 2 embra-cing the shank of the collar button and the loop 5 positioned between the neck band and the fold over portion thereof, and engaging the fold between these parts, it will appear that the collar is supported independently of the neck band` or fold over portion and directly from theV collar button which furnishes afirm support or anchorage forthe device,rso that the slightest sagging of the collar is precluded. The fact that the loop extends to either side of the front opening of the collar will preclude a turning of the device on the collar button and said device will be maintained in proper concealed position, untilreleased from the collar button by the wearer, preliminary' to removing t the collar.

In Figure 5,7a slightly modified form of construction is shown as associatedl with a collar. This construction differs from the construction of Figure l in two particulars, namely, instead of using a set screw 6 to lock the Shanks of the loop tothe standard 1,'a'

. socket and the depressing of the exterior of the standard servesto indent the interior of the pocket and tightly clamp the Shanks in position. A further difference between the two constructions is that in Figure 5 the central upper portion of the loop is curved downwardly as at 11, so that that portion of the loop which passes across the open front of the collar will be sufficiently low as to be concealed by the knot of a neck tie l2. The loop of the construction of Figure 5 may be made in one or two sections after the manner described with reference to the construction of Figure l.

Figure 5 graphically illustrates the manner in which the collar is supported by a device embodying this inventionand it will be clearly seen from this iigure, wherein the collar button bears the reference numeraly 13 that the device is supported on the button in such manner as to eiiiciently maintain the collar in upstanding position.

In Figure 6, a further modified form of the invention is shown, wherein, instead of employing a wire loop to support the collar.

sheet of Celluloid or other suitable rigidV material 5LL is employed. This sheet of celluloid is provided with arms, shaped in lany suitable manner to engage therfold of the collar and with a depending portion 4; by means of which it is associated with a standard 14. Inthis construction, the upper por?.

tion of the standard is slotted in lieu of the n pocket and the depending Y portion i? is adapted to seat in the slotand be locked in position by a set screwfG.

In another modified form of the invention,

as illustrated in Figures 7 and 7 a, the standard il is formed of a slightly different shape and is transversely slotted in its upper portion to receive the inner-.ends of two arms 51 which may conveniently be formed of celluloird orother suitable rigid material. The arms 5b are, in turn, provided with slots 14e, through which set screws l5 pass. 4These set screws are threaded into the standard l" L and are adapted when tightened. to clamp the arms 5* in position. The standard 1* is provided with a yoke l2 of the Vcharacter hereinbefore described andthe QD of the standard is preferably formed with aconoperate with-the collarthe upper'edge of the standardas well as the upperedges of the arms will closely conform to the shape of the collar and support the same without distortion. It will be noted, however, that when. the set screws 15 are loosened, the curvature of the upper edge of the device may be changed to bring the partsl into proper conformity with the collar and in the event that the device is to be associated with a high collar, the arms 5b may, by virtue of .the slots 14, be shifted in an upward ,direcizo tion, so that the arms will properly support the collar and the setscrews thereupon tightened to lock the parts firmly in position for a collar of such height.

It is common for wearers of soft collars to use pins, clasps or other means for holding down the free ends of the fold over portion of the collar and this is particularly true in collars having long points. The use of such adjuncts may be dispensed with when the present invention is employed by rigidly mounting'l on the arms 5b small sharp pointed hooks 17. These hooks may be secured in place in any suitable way and may be engaged by the fold over portion of the collar to hold down the points.

It will be understood in this connection that the hooks or pins 17 are not restricted in their use to the construction of Figure 7, but that they may be associated with any form of which this invention may partake.

In Figure 8 of the drawings, I have illustrated one of the simplest forms ofv which the invention is capable of embodiment. In this showing, the device is in the form of a sheet of some rigid or semi-rigid material such for example as celluloid. From such material, the device may be stamped out to embody a depending yoke portion 18having a slot 22L formed therein to receive the shank of a collar button, and at the top of which depending portion, the device is formed with laterally extending arms or wings 5C.

I-Iaving thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the character described embodying a rigid standard bifurcated to provide two spaced legs, a yoke positioned between and pivoted to the legs of the standard and adapt-ed to seat on the shank of a collar button for the purpose of pivotally mounting the standard on the collar button to permit the standard to adapt itself to movementsof the neck, andv wings mounted on the standard and adapted to engage with the fold of the associated collar to support the collar in upstanding position.

Q. A ,deviceA of the character described embodying a standard, a yoke pivoted to the standard and adapted to seat on the shank of a collar button for the purpose of pivotally mounting the standard on the collar button to permit thev standard to adapt itself to movements of the neck, and a pair of flaps pivotally mounted on the standard and adapted toV be pivotally moved to engage with and conform to the fold of a collar for theV purpose of supporting the collar in up standing position.

, 3.,A device of the character described y embodying a standard, a yoke pivoted to the standardand adapted to `seat onrthe shank of a collar button for the purpose of' ally mountingthe' standard on the collar button to permit the standard to adapt itself to movement ofthe neck, a pair of diverging wings mounted on the standard for verticaladjustment and also forpivotal move-V ment, whereby the wings may be verticall i adjusted to compensate for collars of different heights and pivotal'ly adjusted Vto engage with and conform to the fold of the associated collar. v

5. A device of the character described embodying a standard, a yoke pivoted to the standard and adapted to seaton the shank of a collar button for the purpose of pivotally mounting the standard on the collar button to permit the standard to adapt itself to movement of the neck, a pair of diverging wings mounted on the standard for vertical adjustment and also for pivotal movement," whereby the wings may be Vvertically'adjusted to compensate for collars of dierent heights and pivotally adjusted to engage with and conform to the foldfof the associated collar, and means for locking` the wings rigidly tothe standard after they` have been adjusted. Y

G KA device of the characterdeseribed, embodying a standard provided with an olfset and bifurcated at its lower portioma yokeV extending across the bifurcated portion'and adapted to seat on the shank of a collar button, and a pair of lateral extensions associated with the upper portion of the standard and adapted to engage, with porting the collar lfrom the collar button;

the fold of a colla-r'for the purpose of sup-k In testimony whereof, I havefsignedthe- I I foregoing specification.

JOHN 2B, ,'FIIYZPATRICK. 

